Broken Boundaries Pt. 1
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Wei Wuxian really was too confident for his own good, most people couldn't contend with him, and it was sort of a pride thing. He could get himself out of trouble with a few silver words, or find himself getting punished along side others. He had a sort of martyr complex, and that wasn't a big secret either. Jiang Cheng and the rest of Lotus Pier couldn't help be contented by it, because he had proved himself many times over. Despite the skill, they had a safety net in place, if anything happened to separate them they would meet up at Lotus Pier if they didn't use the emergency flare.
What the others didn't know was that Wei Wuxian never carried that flare, as it was too much effort and Madam Yu never replaced them if he forgot he was swimming with them. So when the teen ran into issues he could only rely on himself. At least that should have been the case, when they were out on a night hunt and got split up everything seemed to go wrong. When Wei Wuxian was fighting with a beast he got backed into a cliff within the forest, he was busy dealing with the creature so he couldn't mount his sword and ended up plummeting to the depths Suibian was slow to return and he crashed into the treetops below falling and injuring his right arm and leg. Groaning he turned on his side, scooting back and dealing the finishing blow to the monster that dove after him. Despite the pain he tried to pull himself to his feet, after a few failed attempts he hissed and gave up.
Slowly he dragged some twigs over and made a small fire hoping that it would be helpful. Then leaned against the tree trunk behind him probing his arm and leg to check for breaks sighing. "I always manage to find myself in fun situations... I really need to practice inertia soon... Or I really will end up starving to death one day..." Against his better judgement he closed his eyes, hoping that someone would turn up.
Listening for sounds he ended up nodding off, when he woke up there was a nervous face coming out of the woods with an archery set slung over his shoulders. "Y-young Master Wei...?" Blinking into consciousness the black clad male groggily looked over "You... It's been a while..." Smiling sheepishly he yawned stretching and his smile turned to a grimace for a moment feeling the sharp pain in his right side before he continued speaking "Here for a night hunt Wen Qionglin, right?" Smiling as best he could despite the pain he tilted his head to the right to limit the pain from stretching.
Wen Ning hesitated before nodding "Y-yes... K-kind o-of... I had to p-pick h-herbs fo-for my sister as well" Smiling Wei Wuxian chuckled "Need some help? I might end up stuck here otherwise..." Wen Ning shook his head viciously "W-why d-don't you c-come b-back with m-me Young M-master? W-we c-can treat your injuries..." Blinking he scratched his cheek with his left hand "Er... I appreciate it... I got too far ahead of the rest, and that's a pretty rough first step..." Sheepishly he glanced at the cliff he had fallen from and he saw Wen Ning's face drain of blood as he rushed over, probing the other for injuries "T-that i-isn't good Y-young M-master W-Wei y-you b-broke a l-lot of b-bones... I-I'll b-bring y-you b-back r-right a-away..."
Diligently the nervous boy extinguished the fire, collected trophies for Wei Wuxian from the kill and helpful plants around them to appease his sister, then carefully helped the other to his feet. He was fragile looking, but not entirely weak, he was able to support the other at least for a while. They moved slowly through the woods back toward the mountain. This part was a bit too steep for someone this injured so he murmured "F-forgive m-me y-young m-master..." Carefully he lifted the other with an arm behind Wei Wuxian's back and the other under his knees. it can't have been pleasant and Wen Ning's arms were trembling as he walked, a ball of nervousness personafied...
But Wei Wuxian had a very thick face, so after a few moments although he flushed he sighed and accepted this. However he chuckled seeing the other was burning red from his cheeks to his ears. So he rested his head against the other and muttered "Sorry for the trouble Wen Qionglin " This only caused him further surprise and he stammered shaking his head "I-i-it's n-no tr-trouble... W-Welcome t-to Yiling..." After a decent trip up the hilly path the two arrived at the village on top, bringing Wei Wuxian to his sister's residence he finally set the other down.
Ignoring the curious looks and surprise from the others, rumors met his sister before Wen Ning had even set out to look. She turned up quite grumpy Wen Qing looked at her brother and the beaten up boy she recognized from the archery tournament. Sighing she rubbed her temple before coming over "How many times do I need to tell you not to bring trouble to our doorstep A-Ning?" Despite her aggravation she went over, probing the injuries and sighed. "I'll brew him a tonic, come to the other room and help me prepare when you've settled him in. Elevate his leg and splint his arm for now." She turned and left, leaving Wen Ning to cheerfully call "Thank you Sister"
Blinking not quite sure what to make of what just happened Wei Wuxian turned to Wen Ning "Er... You have a sister?" Nodding he smiled warmly "Wen Qing" Most people in the cultivation world were familiar with that name and as expected the red eyes looking at him widened in surprise "Huh... She's a very caring sister~" Wen Ning's eyes lit up and he nodded enthusiastically while carefully removing Wei Wuxian's clothes to reveal his right arm, paling seeing that it was already bruising "S-sorry t-this wi-will hurt a bit." As gentle as he could the teen began binding the damaged arm, trembling a bit, though his hands were steady it was as if he could imagine the pain and was reacting to it. Swallowing he secured the brace while Wei Wuxian just sort of blinked, he was bearing the pain well, he was more surprised by the butterfly touches that gave him chills rather than pain.
Once his arm was bound he tilted his head slightly again "You're aiming to be a medic?" Another shy nod "Y-yes... I-I'm still learning from s-sister th-though..." Grinning more brightly he gave a shrug with his left arm "Well in a sense I guess it's good you found me injured~ I can be your guinea pig~ Use me well" He chuckled and as Wen Ning got flustered and stammered more viciously "B-but f-fin-finding yo-you h-hurt i-isn't a good thing... W-what i-if s-something f-ferocious h-had f-found y-you...? A-and y-you a-aren't a g-guinea p-pig... Y-y-you're a f-friend Y-young M-master W-Wei..." Wei Wuxian pouted dramatically lowering his eyes slightly for affect, but leaving it so he could still see the other's amusing reactions he sighed "A friend...? Really? But calling me young master is so formal... You could just call me Wei Wuxian, or Wei Ying you know..."
The other's face instantly lit up, having barely recovered from half stripping the other male he found a new shade of red, almost matching the sun insignia on his clothes "B-but t-that's s-so i-informal..." Almost seeming to sulk Wei Wuxian knew he caught him as he mumbled "Since when are friends formal... Do you really see me as a friend...?" Wen Ning's first reaction was a whimper, perhaps that was true, it wasn't like he had a lot of friends to confirm that though... Taking a small breath he nodded "I c-can t-try yo- Er... W-Wei Wuxian" An even deeper shade of red tinged Wen Ning's face and he said "I h-have t-to go h-help sister o-or sh-she'll scold me again"
And he exited the room in a rush, leaving the injured playboy chuckling and shaking his head slightly. This stay in Yiling might be more amusing than he expected. It took a while to brew the correct medicine, Wen Qing was supervising not making it directly, pain killers and what they called a healing elixir to speed recovery of broken bones, also an anti-inflammatory was going to take quite a few days, and several brews for the young master to recover, but just like Wei Wuxian said his sister commented "This will be good practice for you... I don't mind you keeping him here, just make sure he stays out of trouble... If anything we can knock him out, and at worst if we have unexpected guests who aren't very keen on him... Like Wen Ruohan we can disguise him as a female cultivator and call him your fiance. We can evade trouble that way."
Wen Ning almost dropped the pestle in his hand as if he were zapped, he looked at his sister in concern "Y-you... W-wait... A f-fiance?! S-sister... W-won't t-that m-make mo-more q-questions?!" Wen Qing laughed and shook her head "Well how else would you explain that someone else is in your bed A-Ning?" Wen Ning felt his face burning hotter and hotter and he almost ground the herbs to dust. His sister stole the mortar and began mixing the tonic to allow her brother a chance to recompose himself, she wondered if there really was something more than met the eye between these two... After all, Wen Ning didn't particularly enjoy coming into contact with others, and he wouldn't carry just anyone normally, even if they were severely injured.
Once the medicines were done Wen Ning returned to the room with some rice porridge and the tonics along side both tea and water to help re-hydrate Wei Wuxian. Also he had some more sturdy bandages twined with a stronger thread to make a make-shift cast for the other's leg. Swallowing he hesitated before entering his room, surprised to find that the other was behaving. Wei Wuxian had been in a sort of meditation with his eyes closed, inspecting his body and trying to assist healing from the inside with no avail; Hearing the door open his tired red eyes turned to his new caretaker with a sheepish smile teasingly he said "For a while I was beginning to think you were going to abandon me~" The teen hastily shook his head closing the door behind him "I w-would d-do no s-such thing.."
Grinning Wei Wuxian nodded and winced, his shoulder had started to throb now that he was safe and his body was rejecting movement. Seeing this Wei Ning pouted and shook his head, setting the tray down on the bedside table he collected a small folding board that would her the other sit up without using his own power to avoid adding tension to the injured right shoulder. Wen Ning was as gentle as before setting up the board and helping Wei Wuxian slowly sit up and prop against it, the later was entirely at the former's will like this he sighed and looked at his useless right arm "I never learned to use my left hand for anything... Looking at this I think it might have been a good investment... Since I'm so good at most things I do I should have messed around and used my weaker hand... Then I'd be a super threat... Instead of super useless when injured..." He laughed, and Wen Ning wasn't surprised to realize that the other couldn't even use a spoon with his uninjured left hand.
Smiling to himself, Wen Ning tucked his loose hair behind his ear and took the spoon, obediently feeding and by doing so startling the other male. He helped him drink the bitter tonics, and finish the porridge before letting him drink the water and tea. Once the other was drinking Wen Ning began to bandage and secure his injured leg, even with his butterfly touches this earned quite a few groans and whimpers the damage to his leg was more substantial, which was why his sister had instructed him to wait until after giving him the pain all even just pulling off a boot from a very swollen leg was difficult, let alone coaxing off the fabric covering without making Wei Wuxian move too much. It was a long tedious process, full of sounds of pain and apologies dotting the air.
Finally the leg was secure and Wei Wuxian was exhausted, he obediently laid back and stared at the ceiling, despite his exhaustion he asked "This is your room...? You don't have many personal things... huh?" Wen Ning smiled, his fingers gently brushing over a simple painting that was hanging on the wall he nodded "I don't have much... When I saw smaller I gave my trinkets away to people who wanted to be my friends.. Thinking that was normal... By the time I was old enough to realize, I stopped caring about having things, only things like these really have value anyway... "
Surprise, pity and understanding fluttered through the red eyes looking at him and he pouted a bit complete realization in his features. Sighing softly Wei Wuxian glanced around, other than a few paintings or sculptures there was nothing personal here. Just tools to train in medicine, or weaponry. A sort of revelation dawned on him and the injured male hummed to himself "After I return I have to send you something from Lotus Pier, since we're so close to the water there are plenty of enthusiasts of the arts. I guarantee I'll find something you'll love~ It's hard not to adore trinkets from our artisans or most anything from there~"
Wen Ning's cheeks tinged pink as he had two thoughts, first that it was too much for the other to gift him anything, especially something like art or similar; before he had voiced that the second unbidden thought was that it really was difficult to not adore things or people from that place. Even Wen Ning who was deemed by most females as a brotherly type and not lover material he was well aware of how popular boys from the Yunmeng Sect were, easily they rivaled the Gusu clan. The former had two dark stars, while the later had it's two jades. Most clans had sets of twos, and it was no secret how many people wanted to obtain or break Yunmeng's. Shaking his head to clear the thought the young Wen whimpered "P-please d-don't s-say s-such t-things... I-it's... T-the t-thought i-is more t-than enough." It took a while for him to compose his thoughts and his sentence came out in a jumble. Earning a very sleepy chuckle.
Wen Ning realized the other was exhausted and scooped up the tray of dishes to bring them out to wash. Wei Wuxian pouted to himself and listened as the brown haired teen suggested that he should rest, and ducked out of the room again. Wei Ying brought his hands together, hoping perhaps sleep would find him if he meditated, he was far to proud to admit at the moment he couldn't sleep without holding something.. After all something so clingy didn't really suit his image now did it? As expected... Sleep didn't find him, so he stayed in his meditation rest.
It was dark when Wen Ning had returned, he had brought himself extra bedding to rest on the floor while the other took the bed, he was startled when he saw the glow of two red eyes looking at him when the door opened near silently he whimpered "S-sorry Wei Wuxian... I didn't i-intend t-to wake y-you" The black hair teen shook his head "You didn't... Despite the medicines you gave me... I really couldn't fall asleep..." Smiling sheepishly he sighed "I have er... an unexpected habit when I sleep... So I ended up being unable to fall asleep... I've just been meditating and resting instead." Wen Ning blinked his eyes widening until it seemed like they would pop out, after all Wei Ying was classified by most as near-perfection... Something like a habit when sleeping was truly unexpected, fretting Wen Ning asked while setting down the bedding "I-is there a-anything y-you n-need that will help?" It seemed as if the brown haired teen was getting used to talking with his patient, his stammering was slowly decreasing, if not only from tiredness. This time it was Wei Wuxian's turn to flush a bit, as blood rushed to his face he realized he never expected the other to ask what his habit was, he was sure he'd just be flustered and it would stay like that...
Wen Ning looked over hopeful he would be able to help, lighting a candle so he could close the door to the room again he blinked repeatedly thinking he was seeing things. He would never admit it, but his heart squeezed seeing the helpless blushing face of the tired teen who always seemed a world away, Wei Wuxian seemed so human at the moment and it caused a strange stirring in Wen Ning's chest. A somewhat awkward silence filled the room and Wei Wuxian stared at the ceiling as if wishing it would swallow him as he muttered "Er.. It's not really something that can be helped... Honestly... I don't even know when it started, but if I don't hold something while sleeping I either end up unable to, or end up tossing or pulling at things... Back at Lotus Pier I keep anything hanging near my bed well outside of my reach so they don't fall victim to that..." Chuckling he murmured "Then again I generally sleep at one anyway, so it is rather early for my internal clock~" He tried to diffuse what he said by admitting his dreadful sleep schedule as well. Yet somehow the topic didn't die as Wen Ning raised his eyebrows "H-hold s-something? L-l-like w-what?"
Closing his eyes Wei Wuxian sighed "Well... It depends, a lot of times it's just a pillow, anything really... Once it was so bad I ended up practically cuddling Suibian, I almost impaled myself that night" He chuckled at the memory, which also explained why the blade was tucked far away, despite the agony it must have taken to move it so far. Wei Wuxian refused to open his eyes muttering "What was probably more startling than that was waking up holding someone. Thankfully it was only they had the misfortune of coming to wake me, but apparently I ended up dragging one of my siblings down in my slumber..." He didn't clarify which one, but in his memory he could clearly see Jiang Cheng's startled and slightly concerned face when he was finally beaten awake. Wen Ning blinked rapidly, unable to say anything for a bit he set an extra pillow on Wei Ying's chest and smiled mumbling mostly to himself "You seem so much more human... Knowing that..."
Wei Wuxian blinked opening his eyes to the pressure, he tried to hand it back, knowing the other needed a pillow, he refused to take it. Though the seeming human comment was a first it startled him, Wei Ying frowned "Ouch~ What did you think I was a supernatural beast?" Wen Ning flushed shaking his head "Y-y-you a-always s-seem l-like a d-deity... You a-are a-always s-so perfect..." Wen Ning swallowed and smiled not taking the pillow back "Won't it h-help you sleep? I c-can manage without it." Wei Wuxian drew his brows together and sighed exasperated "I've already stolen your care, your hunting time, your bed and now you want me to steal even this comfort...? Why don't you sleep here? It's not as if I can move, and you have quite the large bed..." Wen Ning froze, he realized Wei Ying was being rational, but still he had never shared a bed with another besides his sister when they were very young. It seemed like they had found a strange impasses, neither of them wanted to trouble the other. Running a hand through his hair Wen Ning sighed softly "Won't that trouble you more...?" Wei Wuxian blinked and smiled "Nn it shouldn't I'll do my best not to cling to you, after all your sister would be disappointed if she misunderstood anything."
Wen Ning ducked behind the divider in the back to change into his night clothing regardless, taking the time to hide for now he sighed "E-er... Is i-it re-really a-appropriate? Y-you truly n-need t-to rest well... You won't h-heal if you move too much..." Wei Wuxian sighed again "It's hard for me to sit still even when I'm injured like this... Don't get me wrong, moving is absolute torture... But it's not easy to sit idly... I feel like a dragon in a puddle... Besides friends sleeping together is pretty normal, especially if they end up hunting together." Wen Ning couldn't restrain a chuckle hearing that, he could clearly imagine a large onyx dragon trying to look intimidating sitting in a shallow puddle, even if the beast was menacing that puddle was just too cute and non-threatening. "I s-suppose I c-can see yo-your point..." He had to resign to his patient in the end, Wen Ning removed the ties from his hair hanging his uniform on the wall and triple checking his nightware was secure before stepping into the room again. Wei Wuxian blinked seeing him in casual attire, he smiled "You seem more liberated without that rising sun on you... That uniform wears you down huh..."
Of course he couldn't answer that, the teen simply helped take Wei Wuxian's hair down, and helped him change into something that would allow him to rest and move easily. A loose pair of pants and separate top that had one sleeve. The patient was surprisingly obedient to this, allowing the change assisting where he could to spare them both face. Reluctantly Wen Ning finally moved the extra bedding to the bed and blew out the candle, joining the patient, crawling in against the wall so the other could keep his injuries on the outside of the bed and avoid any contact with them. The warmth of sleeping beside another was something neither of them was accustom to so it took a while.
Sunlight came before either boy awoke, Wen Qing was worried seeing her brother sleeping in was rare. So she went to check on her sibling and his patient. Wen Qing covered her lips to keep from emitting a sound, she didn't quite know what to expect...Maybe he brother fussing over the patient trying to wake him, or something... But she did not expect to find them both sleeping wrapped around one another like children who had been frightened by a storm in the middle of the night. Wen Ning was cuddled into Wei Wuxian's chest, arms twined around his back, and Wei Wuxian although his leg was still propped in a sling, was on his side snuggly holding her brother to his chest. His chin by the top of Wen Ning's head injured arm carefully draped over him like he was protecting him from harm. After the initial shock she closed the door quietly and crossed to a window to compose herself, she would have to make heads or tails of what she saw... Perhaps it was an accident? Though they seemed far too comfortable for that to be the case, sighing she wondered how she should wake her brother... She also wondered idly if the fiance act would end up being just an act. Though she was doubtful considering Wei Wuxian's known habits as a playboy... Seeing that she couldn't help feeling a seed of doubt that he was only interested in females.
A few hours later Wen Ning's eyes opened and his face once again found new levels of redness, breath caught in his throat slowly he attempted to remove himself from the cocoon that was Wei Wuxian. Although the ravenette wasn't a light sleeper a lot of movement all at once was enough to have him stir, especially as he had injuries. Thankfully his red eyes didn't open, he merely turned cuddling up to a pillow to the relief of Wen Ning. Slowly the brunette crawled out of the bed and went behind the screen to change. Pretending to sleep was not something Wei Wuxian had learned intentionally, but he was thankful for the skill now as he hid his face in the pillow, even he didn't have a face thick enough to pretend that level of intimacy was nothing. Wei Wuxian wondered why it didn't disgust him, it seemed so normal he had chills, while he continued to feign sleep he heard the other quietly shuffling around doing his best to make no sound. On the other side of the screen Wen Ning was trying to calm his racing heart, things like this were not good for a long life, he was almost certain his chest would burst if anything else happened at this moment. Carefully he combed his hair tying it up before changing into his outerwear. Neither teen knew what the other was thinking, one didn't even know the other was awake, so if there were anything around that could tell it would likely find the situation quite amusing; Neither of them understood how something so simple, so uncouth was so warm, so calming and seemed so natural.
Wen Ning fled the room and Wei Wuxian watched his back retreat, almost surprised by the fact he didn't want him to leave.
Outside the room Wen Qing had come back, she was walking down the hall, hoping her brother had awakened. She giggled seeing him almost fleeing from his room "Have you finally woken up?" Inspecting his appearance she nodded internally seeing he was able to properly groom himself, there was no trace of the indecency she witnessed earlier. From the question Wen Ning's eyes widened a bit as if startled, had she seen them? Could he die in a ditch? His sister poked his shoulder "A-Ning I was surprised you had slept in, so I did come to check on you. I didn't realize you two were that close." Swallowing Wen Ning shook his head "I-it's a long s-story... D-d-did y-you need s-something sister?" He was worried that he had inconvenienced his sister by over sleeping. Wen Qing put the teasing aside and sighed nodding "Yes, let us go brew his medicine while we chat. I imagine the last dose must be wearing off, the pain will be substantial as he has a lot of healing to do. I've sent word to Sect Leader Jiang so he doesn't panic over his missing... Er son?"
As they walked Wen Qing filled her younger brother in on the happenings from evening through the moment, after sending word to Lotus Pier she was contacted by Wen Ruohan, he intended to visit and see how Yiling was developing. His arrival would be soon and Wen Xu would be accompanying him, the former was no threat to their patient, where as the later was a bit too vicious and didn't care much for how cocky the other sects were. Especially a servant cultivator not knowing his place. The unspoken concern was dotting the air between them as they began brewing the medicine together Wen Qing increased the potency to help speed his recovery. There was absolutely no way for him to heal in time to leave before the lord's arrival, so all they could do was prepare and go through the motions of creating a fiance for Wen Ning. As they talked the two seemed to age a few years from the stress.
In the end they came up with a story both for the injury and for attempting to keep some consistency. Wei Wuxian would be affectionately called A-Xian by the two of them, she was a girl who came from a small cultivation sect from a small mountain town, Wen Ning had met her on a night hunt and eventually Wen Qing suggested the engagement as they got along so well. She was injured while helping on a night hunt and had fallen down a steep hill, and was carried back to the YiLing manor for treatment. Since they were engaged there were no issues in them sharing a room or a bed. They would tranquilize Wei Wuxian during the visit to avoid him being discovered, after all his voice was rather memorable and not feminine. After a while the birds outside were singing happily and the sun had risen quite high, the two siblings had a full story and enough medicines to get through this visitation without needing to brew more.
Sighing Wen Ning returned to his room with the tray of medicine and a soup he made in the kitchen, once again with both tea and water. Wei Wuxian was obediently laying there meditating when the other opened the door his eyes fluttered open, smiling initially Wei Ying saw the other's clouded expression and frowned "Are you alright Wen Qionglin?" Wen Ning lifted his eyes, likely realizing what his face looked like he sighed, setting the tray down "Y-yes... it's just Yiling is going to have some unexpected visitors, so my sister and I had to make a disguise and story for you..." Opening the window to let the sun in first he then crossed over to the other to help him sit up once again, gently tying back his hair before bringing over the tonic and soup. As he helped Wei Wuxian eat he explained the story and the reason, his face was going to be a permanent shade of red at this point. Wei Wuxian obediently ate and drank, listening to the story and understanding, or assuming he understood, the other's discomfort. One he wasn't being fed soup he asked "Won't lying about a fiance like this lessen your chances of dating afterwards...? You'll have to keep up the pretext for a while...? You don't really have to go so far..." Wen Ning blinked turning red shaking his head "H-huh... I-it's n-not like t-that b-bothers me... T-there are p-plenty o-of better p-people f-for t-them to be dating" he waved that off and sighed "I-I'm just a r-really p-poor actor..."
Blinking Wei Wuxian couldn't help but laugh, his side was aching by the time he was able to stop his laughter. He wiped tears from his eyes as he shook his head "That's what has you so worried? Does this guinea pig need to teach you the best way to act as if you were spoiling a fiance, my dear doctor?" Wen Ning's eyes had been glued to the floor, nearly certain he was being mocked for his insecurity, but he was offered lessons so easily it was startling. Wen Ning felt as if his head was spinning as he looked at the other, clumsily drinking his tea with his left hand, he never could even compare to such a deity like figure "E-even w-with l-lessons... I d-doubt I c-can p-pull it o-off" Wei Wuxian chuckled and finished his tea somehow without wearing it. "Hm~ I think you'll be fine, after all despite your nervousness, you're quite caring~ It's just the issue of breaking boundaries we're going to have trouble with one way or another. After all even if the visitors don't know, you, me and your sister know we're just acting. That might trip you up a bit, so you can't think you're acting." The words seemed to echo around his head as he realized what they implied.. Act without acting? So... Pretend they were...? Wen Ning's face turned the color of the rising sun once again, mouth gaping like a fish wanting to speak but unable to grasp words. Had Wei Wuxian lost his marbles from that fall, or was this all just a game to him?
No matter how thick his face was, seeing how startled and slightly judgmental the other was looking at him made him uneasy. Wei Wuxian may be unbearably cocky and smug, but he never thought that a man would fall for him, so he hoped that the idea had just startled him. The playboy smiled despite the color creeping into his face as well "It's just an act no...? After all, wouldn't it make a mess getting caught? So... Pretending would make things easier no?" Wen Ning managed to ground himself with the rationalizing, Wei Wuxian really was amazing he was able to consider something like that just to avoid causing trouble for someone else, he was so sly and wise... Swallowing his hesitation he nodded "I s-suppose t-t-that's a-an o-option..." Wei Wuxian smiled warmly and reached over with his left hand, gently petting the other's hair "First might be trickier than the second... But when you're comfortable with someone you don't stammer as much." Wen Ning was startled by this observation and nodded, it was true, if he was engaged he would be much more affectionate, protective and open. He blinked looking like a small rabbit as he glanced at Wei Wuxian curious if he had an idea for this or if he was just having fun petting him.
Wei Wuxian was thinking a bit before he said "I'll probably have to either tease you more for a while so you get used to it, or stop teasing you entirely.. But I don't think the latter will help you get used to me quickly... You're comfortable enough with making contact like this... So that's helpful considering it's the little touches that make things believable..." Wen Ning listened to him musing, tilting his head, realizing that it was true... It wasn't hard for him to make contact with him after last night especially he was more or less accustomed to it. Slowly his blue eyes closed, he continued to listen to the other musing ideas and such while he idly stroked the brown hair, Wen Ning took a few deep breaths aiming to calm himself. This would only work if he was able to do his part, his sister was taking such a big risk over this, Wei Wuxian was willing to become female and his fiance which had to be a bitter pill to swallow... If Wen Ning himself couldn't do that much, was it worth it to even consider him a male?
After a while Wei Wuxian lapsed into silence realizing the other teen had stopped responding to his words, he curiously watched as the brunette mulled things over, wondering what his decision would be.